This week we’ve been in and around Madison WI. We took care of a number of chores and maintenance items as well as visited with old friends, enjoyed several of the city’s sites and participated in a very nice beer festival. It’s been a fun and busy week.
We took a day to tour the Wisconsin state capitol. If you’re ever in Madison don’t fail to put this on your to do list. It’s a very impressive building in the heart of the city and full of interesting details to enjoy. Alas fellow Texans it is heralded as the tallest capitol in the States. Here are a few photos of our highlights.
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| Notice how the leaves are already beginning to turn! |
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| Ceiling of the Rotunda; the painting alone is 38 feet in diameter. |
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| A sister copy of the US Liberty bell, but without a crack |
While in the city we were also advised not to miss the arboretum. The latter part of summer may not be the perfect time to go to any garden venue, spring and fall are much more colorful, but this one with it’s 1,200 acres was very nice. Apparently hydrangeas are at their peak in August. Again and again we’ve been struck by how green everything is up here and how much surface water they enjoy. I’m not sure they could spell “water rationing” if they had to; a good fortune for the badger state.
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| Hydrangea garden |
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| Don't miss the bee |
With great friends we participated in the 2017 edition of the Great Taste of the Midwest sponsored by the Madison Home brewers and Tasters Guild. There was a selection of over 1,000 different brews from over 150 breweries and brew pubs and, as an after thought, they added 10 food tents. It lasted only six hours and the number of tickets were capped at 6,000; both of these details helped maintain “miles of smiles” over a potentially volatile situation. All in all as the old adage goes: ...and a good time was had by all.
This week after much fanfare and foreplay we head into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, hereinafter called the UP. We’re looking forward to enjoying much more of Lake Superior, mosquitoes and the last remaining family vacationers trying to get their R&R in before the start of the new school year. The latter can’t happen soon enough for us “full timers” because, as if by magic, RV parks and tourist venues all around the country thin out and we can breathe and drive around again in relative safety.
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